callaway81
New Member
Hi Folks,
This is just the second batch of beer I am brewing.
The first was a regular Heffewizen from powder extract. I just went by the directions the person in the store gave me and everything worked out great.
This time I got a little adventurous. Being a geek I wanted to try the Free Beer 3.0 recipe. link. Instead of the Maris Otter grain malt, I used a powder extract. Since the only type of Guarana I could find was in tablet form, I used 30 tabs of guarana extract instead This may have screwed things up also.
I also think my 'cool dark place' may be too warm. It's 80-90 degrees during the day.
Anyhow, it's all been in the primary for 4 days and there doesn't seem to be much fermentation going on. There don't seem to any significant bubbles coming out. There should be about an inch of yeast fermenting up top which is completely absent. So I opened the bucket and stirred it around a little. Also after reading a couple of threads here I put a wet towel and a fan around the primary.
Is there anything else I need to do in order to salvage this batch?
This is just the second batch of beer I am brewing.
The first was a regular Heffewizen from powder extract. I just went by the directions the person in the store gave me and everything worked out great.
This time I got a little adventurous. Being a geek I wanted to try the Free Beer 3.0 recipe. link. Instead of the Maris Otter grain malt, I used a powder extract. Since the only type of Guarana I could find was in tablet form, I used 30 tabs of guarana extract instead This may have screwed things up also.
I also think my 'cool dark place' may be too warm. It's 80-90 degrees during the day.
Anyhow, it's all been in the primary for 4 days and there doesn't seem to be much fermentation going on. There don't seem to any significant bubbles coming out. There should be about an inch of yeast fermenting up top which is completely absent. So I opened the bucket and stirred it around a little. Also after reading a couple of threads here I put a wet towel and a fan around the primary.
Is there anything else I need to do in order to salvage this batch?